Do We Really Want a Dreamcast 2?

[bacardipr05]

Weren't Sega really the ones who first pushed for emphasis on online play?

I caught that to. There could be a whole Racketboy article writing on that subject, as far back as Intellivision. Though for all intensive purposes Sega was the one that envisioned and started the execution of how we see it today.

[arion]

Weren't Sega really the ones who first pushed for emphasis on online play?

I am aware of that but the Xbox made it big enough so that others followed.

[marurun]

Though for all intensive purposes

<grammar nazi>"Intents and purposes" is what you were looking for, not intensive purposes.</grammar nazi>

Yup, I'm that guy.

[aaron]

I think it is just way to late. Think of all the games that already got released on other systems. Outrun 2, Panzer Dragoon, Nights, Virtua Fighter, all the Sonics, House of the Dead. This list could go on for a very long time. Now that people can play great Sega games without a Sega system there is no turning back. People will not buy it when almost all of Sega's IP's can be found else where, so who needs a Sega system. I really don't like that Sega games are spead across 5 or so systems now instead of just one. Some one may have to buy a XB, PS2, PS3, Wii and so on just to play Sega stuff. It would have been alot cheaper to just buy one Sega system.

I wish Sega would have kept all these games for themselves, but you can't change the past.

Sega had games on the TG-16 and NES (via those Tengen ports) as well. Just sayin'

Also, Altered Beast is on Famicom.

People seem to think that Sega games didn't end up on non-Sega systems until the 6th gen, but in reality Sega has always had games on nearly every major system except for perhaps the Atari 7800, SNES, Game Boy, and N64!

As far as retro systems go, there are Sega games on the VIC-20, Commodore 64, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, TRS-80, Tandy Color, Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Colecovision, Intellivision, Tiger handhelds, R-Zone, NES, Game Boy Color, Game.com, ZX Spectrum, TI-99/4A, and some more I'm probably forgetting. Sega had PC ports of their games back in the 90s too.

i know this is kind of a necro post, but there weren't any Sega games on the Jaguar, Virtual Boy, 3DO, PlayStation, or CD-i, were there?

[bacardipr05]

Though for all intensive purposes

<grammar nazi>"Intents and purposes" is what you were looking for, not intensive purposes.</grammar nazi>

Yup, I'm that guy.

No problema thanks..

[Flojomojo]

i know this is kind of a necro post, but there weren't any Sega games on the Jaguar, Virtual Boy, 3DO, PlayStation, or CD-i, were there?

During that period, Sega had its hands full with Saturn, Sega CD, Sega 32X, and plain old Sega Genesis, and the tail end of the Game Gear. I think we can forgive them for not porting to poorly-selling rival systems. I seem to recall a legal settlement where Sega would allow licensing its stuff to the Jaguar or something, but Atari went under before anything came of that.

As for a Dreamcast sequel, I think we're past the age of proprietary hardware -- all their stuff is multi platform and works well everywhere. If the Dreamcast brand were valuable, they could slap it on remake titles (like we're seeing with Genesis and MegaDrive), but I don't think that's happening either.

The Nvidia Shield is like a portable Dreamcast, with near-perfect ports of Crazy Taxi and Soul Calibur (not to mention the Reicast emulator). Plus that thing can run Portal and Half-Life 2.

[bacardipr05]

Most of know Sega will probably never release a full fledged home console at this point. I think most of us are just reminiscing or just making conversation and dreaming. I was a big proponent and held out until not too long ago myself. The hype surrounding the leading platforms will be extremely hard to overcome. Even if all the Sega fans united where to buy it that probably would amount to just 2 or 3 million units sold worldwide. Most of us are pushing 40 now a days anyways.

[Flojomojo]

It's so hard to make a go of hardware platforms nowadays, if you're not HUGE you're nothing in the market, like the "poorly selling" Wii U. Boo. I still get excited about stuff like OUYA and the AtGames remakes, but I know I'm just a big dork that way. I would love a virtual Dreamcast or at least a return to form for the flashy, colorful Sega AM2 house style.

Pushing 40? I'm on the downhill side of that!

[bacardipr05]

It's so hard to make a go of hardware platforms nowadays, if you're not HUGE you're nothing in the market, like the "poorly selling" Wii U. Boo. I still get excited about stuff like OUYA and the AtGames remakes, but I know I'm just a big dork that way. I would love a virtual Dreamcast or at least a return to form for the flashy, colorful Sega AM2 house style.

Pushing 40? I'm on the downhill side of that!

a few months away from the big 40

[Brendand]

Who needs a Dreamcast 2 ? The Dreamcast is still alive thanks to indie developers


Here is Hypertension the first Fps on the Dreamcast since Outrigger back in 2001

m.youtube.com/watch?sns=fb&v=bdehd9D8_4I